TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shah, A.M.
TI  - The family in India: critical essays
SN  - 9788125013068
U1  - 306.80954 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Orient Longman
KW  - India
KW  - Families
KW  - Marriage
KW  - Joint families
KW  - Caste
KW  - Kinship
N1  - Acknowledgements
1.Introduction
2. Basic terms and concepts in the study of the family in India
3. Changes in the Indian family: an examination of some assumption
4. Is the joint household disintegrating?
5. The phase of dispersal in the Indian family process
6. Inter-household family relations
7. Lineage structure and change in a Gujarat village
8. Case endogamy and spouse selection
9. Parameters of family policy in India

References
Index
ER  -